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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~= Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A =~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ Decent Days Travel North From That ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ Out. ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=† Around The House Is A Thick, Thick †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†* Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live *†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=†*$ The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, $*†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†*$£ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In £$*†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=†*$£# The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They #£$*†=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=†*$£## Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ##£$*†=~¨¨
¨~=†*$£### Interest To Do So. There Is Important ###£$*†=~¨
¨¨~=†*$£## Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ##£$*†=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=†*$£# Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) #£$*†=~¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~=†*$ Every Morning Our Father Clears The $*†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†* Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For *†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=† Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~= Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some =~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ With Dew. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Father Is Away During The Day Doing ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~= Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him =~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=† So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†* His Clothes. *†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨~=†*$£ Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored £$*†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=†*$£# Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close #£$*†=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=†*$£## To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ##£$*†=~¨¨
¨~=†*$£### Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ###£$*†=~¨
¨¨~=†*$£## And Smell Good, And There Is Little ##£$*†=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=†*$£# Decoration In Our House. But When #£$*†=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†*$£ Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts £$*†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=†*$ Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are $*†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†* Scared Of Him Then. *†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~= We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any =~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ House He Suspects And Resents Our ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~= Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The =~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=† Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†* It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired *†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=†*$ Even In The Morning And Must $*†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†*$£ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed £$*†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=†*$£# Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That #£$*†=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=†*$£## We Will Carry It Out. ##£$*†=~¨¨
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¨¨~=†*$£## Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ##£$*†=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=†*$£# Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We #£$*†=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†*$£ Are Left To Care For Us And The House £$*†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=†*$ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We $*†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†* Are Distracted. We Are Not As *†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=† Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~= Behind In Our Duties. =~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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